The SQL language can be characterized in several different ways. This section is organized around functional groupings of the components of the language with minor emphasis on binding styles.
Functional Family
SQL provides facilities for defining database objects, for defining user access to those objects, and for manipulating the data stored within them.
- SQL Data Definition Language (DDL)
- SQL Data Control Language (DCL)
- SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML)
- Query and Workload Analysis Statements
- Help and Database Object Definition Tools
Some classifications of SQL group the data control language statements with the data definition language statements.
Binding Style
The ANSI/ISO SQL standards do not define the term binding style. The expression refers to a possible method by which an SQL statement can be invoked.
- Direct, or interactive
- Embedded SQL
- Stored procedure
- SQL Call Level Interface (as ODBC)
- JDBC
The direct binding style is usually not qualified in this document set because it is the default style. Embedded SQL and stored procedure binding styles are always clearly specified, either explicitly or by context.
Related Information
- Embedded SQL, see Teradata® Preprocessor2 for Embedded SQL Programmer Guide, B035-2446 or Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Stored Procedures and Embedded SQL, B035-1148.
- Stored procedures, see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Stored Procedures and Embedded SQL, B035-1148.
- ODBC, see ODBC Driver for Teradata® User Guide, B035-2526.
- JDBC, see Teradata JDBC Driver Reference, available at https://teradata-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/doc/connectivity/jdbc/reference/current/frameset.html.